Author's note: Ok, so this is my first Percy Jackson fanfic I hope you enjoy. No demigods, no mythical creatures. Just typical highschool students. Please leave a review! :D
Love Blay
I Perseus Jackson, never thought I would be the type to fall in love. I never thought that I would meet a girl who would make my head feel like it was full of seaweed when I'm around her. She's turned my entire life completely upside down, but I can honestly say that I've never been happier.
The day that I meet her was a day like any other. I had gotten up, and gone to school, not expecting anything life changing to happen to me that day, but it did. I was sitting in history, listening to Mr. Brunner talk about Greek Mythology, when there was a tentative knock at the door. Mr. Brunner stops mid sentence and calls out, "Come in."
That was when my life changed forever, now, I know that it sounds cheesy, but I swear when she walked into the room, it felt like time had slowed. I mean, it seemed like she was walking in slow motion and everything. I felt my breath leave me and a sharp exhale and I hoped that nobody heard. Of course no one did because everyone's focus was turned on her.
Of course, now would be a good time to explain her. Beautiful is the first word that popped into mind when I saw her. I mean, I'm not talking about typically teen beauty, I mean like a beauty that would make Aphrodite green with jealousy. She's tall, and has an athletic build. She has golden blonde hair that cascading in curls down her back. And she has amazing silvery-grey eyes that just radiate intelligence.
She's standing with the counselor, Mr. D, looking around the room shyly. Mr. D looks at Mr. Brunner and says, "This is Annabeth Chase, she's new." And with that, he leaves.
It's a great subject of mystery to the kids of our school how Mr. D out of all the people in the world, got a job as a high school counselor. I mean, he doesn't hide the fact that he despises kids in all shape, form, and fashion.
Anyway, Annabeth is just standing awkwardly in the doorway, waiting for someone to tell her what to do. Mr. Brunner rolls over to her and sticks out his hand for her to shake. "Pleasure to meet you, Miss Chase." She smiles slightly, but doesn't say anything. He wheels back to the front, gesturing for her to follow, she does somewhat reluctantly. "You can take the seat behind Percy." He tells, pointing over at me. She doesn't say anything as she walks down the aisle towards me, I want to say something. But I'm afraid I'll just end up sounding stupid. I watch as Annabeth walks past me and takes the seat behind me. The space surrounding me is suddenly filled with a sweet, floral scent. Something delightful and intoxicating that I just can't put my finger on. I am snapped out of my reverie when I hear Mr. Brunner say my name.
"Yes sir?" I respond.
"Will you please show Annabeth around today?" He asks.
My heart leaps in excitement. Of course I would. I can already see a lot of the guys in the classroom craning their necks, trying to get a better look at her. I bet they would kill for the opportunity to spend the day with her.
"Yes sir." I say again, and he smiles and goes back to teaching.
What he was talking about, I couldn't say. All I could focus on was Annabeth's presence behind me. I had to physically force myself not to turn around and stare at her.
Finally, the bell signaling that first period is over rings and I get out of my seat and turn to Annabeth. I wait for her to pack her stuff up and one she's standing, I walk her to the door. I really want to start talking to her, so I ask the first question that comes to mind, "Can I see your schedule?"
She nods and fishes in her bag for it before handing it to me. I start to read it, but I only get to fifth period before the words start floating off the page and circling around my head. I sigh and hand it back to her without bothering to read the rest of it. She takes it without saying a word and puts it back in her bag. From what I could see before my dyslexia starting acting up, we had every class together. This makes me smile.
"So," I ask, really just wanting to get a conversation going between the two of us. "Where did you move from"
"San Francisco." She says with kind of a dreamy look in her eyes.
"What made you move?" I ask without thinking. Mentally kicking myself and my ADHD. I expect her to look offended and say something like is that really any of your business?, but she doesn't ,she just smiles slighting before saying. "My dad got a got job 'he just couldn't refuse.'" She says making air quotes. "So, he moved the entire family across the country." She sounds a little angry now. I frown slightly. "New York isn't that bad. You'll get used to it." I say, trying to reassure her somewhat. She doesn't answer. We just keep walking until we reach geometry, with Mrs. Dodds. An hour of pure hell if you ask me. I'd much rather take on a Fury bare-handed.
Annabeth follows me to my seat and take the one behind me again. I try and think of something to say, but the bell rings and Mrs. Dodds starts teaching.
I don't really focus on lesson like I know I should. Instead, I find my thoughts drifting to Annabeth behind me. Every time I try to focus, my mind just goes back to her. Eventually, I just let it stay there.
The rest of the day passes without incident, after the final bell has rung and I'm standing with Annabeth at her locker, I say something that shocks even me. "Do you wanna hang out at my place after school?" She shuts her locker and looks at me, I'm afraid that she's going to say no, but instead she smiles the first real smile I've seen all day and says, "Sure, just let me text my dad." She then pulls out her phone and her fingers move quickly over the keypad. She slides it shut and gestures forward saying, "Lead the way."
The walk from school to my apartment isn't too long, but as we get nearer, I begin to worry what she'll think. My mother doesn't make the most money, so the apartment isn't anything fancy. I'm wondering whether or not I remembered to put all the dishes away when Annabeth begins talking to me, "So, is there anything interesting I should know about you?" I raise my eyebrows at her, but start talking anyway. "Well, let's see, other than the fact that I'm unbelievably amazing? I have dyslexia and ADHD, I'm a single child, my mother is a single parent, I enjoy blue foods and my favorite color is green. You?" I say.
She looks at me and says. "I also have ADHD and dyslexia, I have two step brothers, and my dad got remarried a few years back. I'm a vegan, and my favorite color is purple." She smiles at me. I can't help but smile back.
We reach my apartment and as I slide my key into the lock and open the door for her saying "Tada." We both step inside and she looks around. I look around also and discover that I did not indeed put the dishes away. "It's not much," I say. "but its home." She turns to me, smiles, and says. "I think it's brilliant." I smile back and we make our way over the couch and sit down. "So," I propose, "What's your favorite book?" despite the dyslexia, I actually enjoy reading a lot. "Hmmm. . ." She says, "That's actually a really hard one, I would have to say that it's a tie between, The Hunger Games, Divergent, Harry Potter, Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children, and The Fault In Our Stars." All of which were book I had read and really liked. I stand and gesture for her to follow me, I take her to my room and show her all the books I've accumulated over the years. There we spend hours talking about books, what we like, what we don't. what characters we liked or hated. We just talked. We moved around too, somehow, we went from the sitting on the floor, to sitting on my bed, until now, where we were laying on my bed. The air between us feels warm and electrified to me. finally, we stopped talking about books and we moved on to our families. "Where's your mom?" Annabeth asks me.
"She doesn't get off of work until nine." I tell her. We both at the same time look at the clock and see that it's only 8:27. It feels much longer, and much shorter at the same time. "Where does she work?" She asks.
"In a candy shop on 5th avenue." I say. She nods her head and doesn't say anything else or a few minutes.
"What happened to your dad?" She asks me in a quiet voice. I swallow the lump in my throat that gets lodged there anytime I think about my dad. "You don't have to tell me I you don't want to." She says quickly. I smile slightly and say, "No, its fine. He, uh, went on a fishing trip one weekend and never came back. They never found him, is boat, anything." I say. Annabeth is silent for a moment before saying, "I'm so sorry Percy."
"It's fine." I tell her. I look at her to see the reaction on her face. I suddenly have the overwhelming urge to kiss her. I lean closer without thinking and she does too. I hold my breath. I know exactly how many inches are between us.
Six.
I wish it was less. A number more like zero. Is it possible to like someone you've only know for less than a day? I think so. Annabeth looks like she's going to say something. But her phone goes off and she and I both jump a little. She pulls it out of her pocket and examines the screen. Her face darkens and a frown creeps onto her face. "What is it?" I ask.
She just shakes her head and says, "Nothing." She puts her phone back into her pocket and looks back at me. A piece of her hair falls into her face and without thinking I reach over and tuck it behind her ear. She blushes slightly and says, "Thanks."
I wonder why she blushed. I try and think of reasons why, when the next question I want to know pops into my head. I look at her and ask, "Annabeth, is there anyone special in your life?" I try and sound sarcastic and jokey about it, but I want her answer to be no. mainly because I would like to be that someone special in her life.
To my surprise, she actually snorts and says, "Nope. No one." I feel instantly relieved.
"Do you have someone special in your life?" she asks me back.
"No." I tell her. But in my head I'm thinking, No, but I wish it was you.
I notice the time I get up, Annabeth raises her eyebrows at me, "Come on, I have to cook dinner." She gets up and follows me to the kitchen.
One of my few, and mainly useless talents was cooking.
We stand side by side, her peeling vegetables, I washing meat off. We don't really talk, but it's a comfortable silence. After everything is in the pot and boiling, we go and sit on the couch and turn on the T.V. I hand Annabeth the remote and let her pick the channel. She flips around for a few minutes before settling on The Science Channel, it was some show about outer space. I couldn't really care less about supernovas in M18, but Annabeth was focused intently on the screen. This gave me the chance to think about the events of today. I know it may seem a bit strange, but I was really to like her. She was beautiful, easy to talk to, and she was smart.
After a few minutes of just kind of looking at her from the corner of my eye, she looked over at me and said, "Amazing isn't? I mean, if you really think about it all. We think we're so big, yet, we play such a small role in the universe."
I nod my head in agreement. I'm about to say something else, but then my mom walks in the door. I stand up and Annabeth follows. "Hi mom." I say, leaning into her hug her. "Hey baby. How was school?" she asks.
"Better than usual." I say. There's no sense in lying about it.
"That's good." My mother says.
Now would be a good time to explain my mother. I love and trust her more than anything in the world. She's had such a hard life, but she never let it affect her. That's why I think the best people always have the worst luck.
"Mom," I say, stepping back to reveal Annabeth who was standing behind me. "this, is Annabeth Chase."
Annabeth steps forward and sticks out her hand for her to shake, "Pleasure to meet you Mrs. Jackson."
My mother shakes her hand and says, "Please, call me Sally. Will you be staying for dinner?"
Annabeth shakes her head and frowns slightly, "I would love to, but my dad just text me and said he was outside waiting for me."
I frown a little. I don't want her to leave.
"I'll walk you downstairs." I say.
She smiles and grabs her bag. "It was a pleasure meeting you." She says, waving at my mom.
"You too, honey." She replies.
We walk out the door and down the stairs, not saying anything. Once, we get to the door she turns around and says, "Thanks for inviting me over. It was fun." I smile at her and she hugs me.
It takes me a moment to get over the shock, but once I do I hug her back. She breaks away way too soon for my liking and says, "See you later, Percy." And then walks out the door.